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{{Species-infobox
#redirect [[Big Piranha Plant]]
|title=Piranhacus Giganticus
|image=[[File:PiranhacusGiganticus.png|200px]]<br>A '''Piranhacus Giganticus''' from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.
|species_origin=[[Piranha Plant]]
|related=[[Big Piranha Plant]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2013|2013]])
}}
{{distinguish|Big Piranha Plant}}
A '''Piranhacus Giganticus''' is a gigantic [[Piranha Plant]] that first appeared in the game ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.
 
==History==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File:Piranhacus.gif|thumb|left|A Piranhacus Giganticus from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', they only appear in [[Big Island]]. Although they are huge, a single fireball will destroy them. Despite their size, they are essentially exactly the same as any other typical Piranha Plant, other than they present a larger target and obstacle. They also appear in larger [[Warp Pipe]]s than other Piranha Plants.
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===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
[[File:SMG2_Giant_Land.png|thumb|left|Mario finding a Piranhacus Giganticus and two [[Huge Paragoomba]]s in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.]]
Piranhacus Gigantici appear alongside [[Grand Goomba]]s, [[Huge Paragoomba]]s, and [[Gargantua Koopa Troopa]]s in the [[Wii]] game, ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', where they appear in the [[Supermassive Galaxy]]. However, in contrast to their original appearance in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', they are invincible, thus serving more as an obstacle than an enemy. They can, however, be stunned with a [[Spin]] or a [[Star Bit]], but that just hinders the player as it stops the plant from going back in the pipe.
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===''New Super Mario Bros. U''===
[[File:Piranhacus_Grandecus_NSMBU.png|150px|thumb|Piranhacus Giganticus as seen in ''New Super Mario Bros. U''.]]
Piranhacus Gigantici reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. They act the same way they did in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' although this time need to hit with three [[Fireball]]s to be defeated, similar to [[Super Piranha Plant]]s. They are found in [[Soda Jungle]], more specifically in [[Jungle of the Giants]], which is the only level they appear in.
 
==Names in Other Languages==
{{Foreignname
|Jap=でかパックンフラワー
|JapR=Deka Pakkun Furawā
|JapM=Huge Piranha Plant
|Ger=Piranha Maxima
|GerM=Pseudo-Latin for "Maxi Piranha"}}
 
== Trivia ==
* Piranhacus Giganticus' name could possibly be using binomial nomenclature, a scientific way of naming species having the genus name with the first letter capitalized (''Piranhacus'' in this case) and a species name in lowercase (''giganticus''), both in italics. Which would result in ''Piranhacus giganticus''.
 
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[[Category:Piranha Plants]]
[[Category:Plants]]
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[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy 2]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3]]
[[Category:Super Mario 64]]
[[Category:Koopa Troop]]
[[Category:Fire Creatures]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3 Species]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U Enemies]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U Species]]

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